The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China and the Certification and Accreditation Administration of China jointly issued the "Regulations on Compulsory Product Certification" on December 3, 2001. This regulation implements a compulsory certification management system for 132 products across 19 categories listed in the catalog, characterized by "unified catalog, unified standards and evaluation procedures, unified marks, and unified fees." Its English name is China Compulsory Certification, commonly abbreviated as 3C certification.